Wage and Hour, Federal Labor Laws, Collective Actions

Ninth Circuit Hands Employers Split Decision on Key Procedural Aspects of FLSA Collective Actions

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/4/2025

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit hit a trifecta of important legal procedures affecting litigation of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions. Harrington v. Cracker Barrel Old...more

Where It’s Filed Really Matters: Jurisdictional Limits in Wage and Hour Litigation

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/14/2025

The Ninth Circuit’s decision in Harrington v. Cracker Barrel underscores the growing importance of personal jurisdiction in limiting the scope of FLSA collective actions. The court held that employees with no connection to...more

Seventh Circuit Stands Firm on Bristol-Myers Application: Employee Forum Shopping on Collective Actions Gets Harder

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/24/2025

In its 2024 opinion in Vanegas v. Signet Builders, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit joined a growing number of federal circuits to hold that would-be plaintiffs from out of state cannot join a...more

EDVA Judges Wade Into Circuit Split Over Certifying FLSA Collective Actions

Troutman Pepper Locke on 8/21/2023

In an August 11 decision, Judge Henry Hudson of the EDVA conditionally certified a class of food service workers employed by a federal contractor at Fort Pickett who sued for unpaid overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards...more

Littler Lightbulb – May Employment Appellate Roundup

Littler on 5/30/2023

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month....more

Federal Court in Virginia Adopts One-Step Approach to FLSA Collective Action Certification

Epstein Becker & Green on 4/19/2023

A little over two years ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit became the first federal appellate court in the country to reject the widespread and longstanding two-step approach of first “conditionally”...more

Littler Lightbulb – March Employment Appellate Roundup

Littler on 3/31/2023

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment and labor law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal over the last month....more

5th Circuit: Arbitration Available for Employee’s Collective Action Claims

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 5/12/2020

On April 16, 2020, the Fifth Circuit held that an employee is entitled to arbitrate his federal labor law claims as a collective action on behalf of his coworkers against their employer, Sun Coast Resources, Inc. (“Sun...more

Cannabis Employers Can’t Escape Wage Claims, Says Court

Fisher Phillips on 9/30/2019

• Cannabis businesses must comply with federal wage and hour law, a federal appeals court ruled, despite the fact they operate in a field still illegal under another federal law. The court said two wrongs don’t make a right....more

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